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Patented July 21, mos.

PATENT- OFFICE.

HENRY CLAY MORRISON, oF SANDY RivER, AND JoHN'r. FLIPPEN, or

GRAYSTONE, VIRGINIA; SAID FLIPPEN ASSIGNOR OF HIS RIGHT TO SAID MORRISON.

ONE-THIRD OF PLow.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent N o. 734,426, dated July 21, 1903. Application filed me 5; 1902. seri-.1NR 110,355. (No maar To all whom it may concern,.- y

Be it known that we, HENRY CLAY MORRI- SON, residing at Sandy River, in the county of Pittsylvania, and JOHN T. FLiPPEN, residing at Graystone, in the county of Henry, State of Virginia, citizens of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cultivators or plows; and the purpose of the present improvement is to provide a plow having adjustable features to adapt it for use on sidehills sloping in opposite directions and to render the adjustment positive through the interposition of a connector operating to prevent the adjustable element from having lateral movement after it is disposed on either side of a main beam.

The improved plow also contemplates the provision of a straddle-row cultivating attachment capable of removable application Vand substitution in lieu of the sidehill adjustable element and the removal of the cultivator of the main beam, and, further, to produce a gang-cultivator by the use of the straddle-row attachment with the cultivator of the main beam'.

It is proposed, by means of the attachment set forth, to organize a plowcapable ofbeing quickly converted from one form in to another and derive the same'efiiciency in practical result as obtained by the use of-,a number of independent plow structures,with a material reduction in the expense of manufacture and.

cost to the user.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved plow arranged forsidehill use and embodying a movable plow element adapted to be swung over and operativelypositi'oned on opposite sides of the main beam. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the plow as shown byFig. 1, with the movable plow element on kthe side of the main beam opposite that shown by Fig.l 1; Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of a portion of the main beam, particularly showing a locking device and the means for operating the a portion of thebeam of the movable plow element, showing the clips for engaging one extremity of the connector. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of ya part of the connector between the main beam and the beam of the movable plow element. Fig. G is a side elevation of the plow shown by Figs. 1 and 2 with the movable plow element on thesame side as illustrated by Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a sectionon the line c' a, Fig. 2. Fig. S shows detail perspective views of the parts of the connector disassociated and parts of the beam engaged by the connector.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a` main plowbeam, having a suitable clevis 2 attached to the front end thereof. To the beaml the frontextremitics of handle-bars 3 are rigidly secured, and said bars terminate at the rear in suitable downturned grips 4. The bars 3 are also supported in relation to the beam l by braces 5, which preferably con sist of straps of metal bent into suitable shape for practical application to the beam and bars. The rear end of the beam 1 is longitudinally cutaway or' mortised to removably receive the front coi-respondngly-mortised or cut-away end of a downwardly-curved section 6, to which the plow blade or shovel 7 is directly attached, vthe said section G serving both as a support and means of securement of the plow bladeor shovel 7 to the beam 1. The engaging ends of the beam 1 and sectionare held in separable relation by bolt'sB, and in oneorganization ofthe improved plow the section 6 will be removed, as will be presently explained.

The front end of the beam 1 directly under the top lshank of the clevis 2 is formed with a slot 9 to'receive an upstanding fulcrum projection 10 on the front extremity of a supplemental or auxiliary beam 11, which also has a section 12 separably attached tothe rear The section 12 has also secured thereto a plow or shovel 7 but it isobvious that these blades blade or shovel 13,which is similar to the blade l IKO locking-slide is depressed either of the wedgeshaped projections to which the iianges 44 may be adjacent and in contact will cause the clamping-slide 4l to be shifted toward the beam 11 and longitudinally of the member 26 and effect a tight binding between the concave recess 45 and either one of the flat faces of the bars 25 of the clip-plates 23 in accordance with the position of thev beam ll on one side or the other of the main beam l. By setting up this binding` action the beam l will be prevented from having loose movement, and the degree of tightness effected will depend upon the downward depression of the locking-slide 3l in view of the wedge-shaped projections 34. j

The beam 1l and the connector 16 can be readily detached or applied by removing the bolts or connecling devices for the straps 2S and 29, it being understood that the bolts for connecting said straps will be suitably nutted for convenience in this detachment and assemblage of the connector and beam ll. Likewise the bolt l5 may be supplied with a nut, so as to render it easily removable and applicable in making the changes or substitution of the different parts referred to.

The improved combined plow organization will be found exceptionally convenient in its operation, and in converting the same from one condition to another very little labor and time will be required. Furthermoreby embodying in one organization a number of parts or attachments whereby different forms of plows or cultivators may be derived a material saving in expense to the user results. The provision of a plowhavin g means whereby sidehill slopes in different directions may be accommodated is also exceptionally advantageous.

A further advantage in the present construction is that the blades or shovels of the plow may be adjusted to increase or decrease their transverse distance of separation. This is accomplished by loosening the clip-bolts and adjusting the clip-plates longitudinally of the beams and afterward tightening said bolts.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a plow, the combination of a main beam, al supplemental beam pivotally contremities movably engaging the said beams, a clamping-slide having a convex flange at one end, and a vertically-movable lockingslide having opposite wedge-shaped projections to engage the said flange of the clampin g-slide.

2. A plow comprising a main beam., a supplemental beam pivotally attached thereto, a connector having terminal devices surrounding and movable on portions of the beams, a clamping-slide carried by the connector, a vertically-movable locking-slide having projections to engage a portion of the clamping-slide, and an operating-lever movably attached to the locking-slide. y

3. A plow comprising a main beam, a supplemental beam pivotally attached thereto, clip-plates secured to the said beams and having opposite bars with convex faces, a connector having terminal projecting straps to movably surround and bear against said clipplates, the said straps being rotatable on the clip-plates and connected Vto each beam, and locking means for the said connectors.

4. A plow comprising a main beam, a supplemental beam pivotally attached thereto,-

clip-plates secured tothe said beams and having bars with conveX faces, a connector having terminal projecting straps to movably surround and bear upon the clip-plates, the

said straps being rotatable on the plates, a clamping-slide movable longitudinal on the conductor, a vertically-movable locking-slide having projections to engage a portion of the clamping-slide, and means for operating the said locking-slide.

5. A'plow comprising a main beam, asupplemental beam pivotally attached thereto, clip-plates secured to the said beams and having bars at opposite sides thereof formed with convex faces and vertically-extending recesses, a connector having terminals rotatably embracing the said clip-plates, a clamping element longitudinally mounted on the connector, and a vertically-movable lockingslide having projections at opposite sides to engage a portion 'of vthe clamping element.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY CLAY MORRISON. JOHN T. FLIPPEN. 

